For two decades, TRAFFIC’s Tom Milliken has tracked the illicit trade in ivory that has led to the continued slaughter of Africa’s elephants. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Milliken talks about a recent troubling increase in ivory seizures and about the criminal gangs and profiteers that supply Asia’s black market for ivory.READ MORE

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An elephant killed for its ivory in Chad.
(Photo courtesy of SOS Chad/Stephanie Verignault)